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HYPOTHESISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they hypothesise ... he / she / it hypothesises
Past simple: hypothesised
Past participle: hypothesised
-ing form: hypothesising
Sense 1
Meaning:
To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Example:
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Synonyms:
conjecture; hypothecate; hypothesise; hypothesize; speculate; suppose; theorise; theorize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "hypothesise" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hypothesise"):
construct; reconstruct; retrace (reassemble mentally)
develop; explicate; formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
